DJ Lord (born Lord Aswod on March 11, 1975 in

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later t ...

, United States), is an American DJ and

turntablist Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. The mixer is plugged into a PA sys ...

. In 1999, DJ Lord joined the hip hop group

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on its 40th World Tour replacing

Terminator X Norman Rogers (born August 25, 1966), known professionally as Terminator X, is an American DJ best known for his work with hip hop group Public Enemy, which he left in 1998. He also produced two solo albums, '' Terminator X & The Valley of th ...

. Soon after, DJ Lord had his own performance segment within the Public Enemy show. While hip hop has been at the foundation of his career, he also works in the drum and bass arena. His career and the art of

turntablism Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. The mixer is plugged into a PA sys ...

is documented in the DVD, ''DJ Lord - The Turntablist Chronicles'', released in 2004. In addition to working with Public Enemy, DJ Lord tours solo as well as with

Flavor Flav William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), known by his stage name Flavor Flav (), is an American rapper and hype man. Known for his yells of "''Yeah, boyeeeeee!''" when performing, he rose to prominence as a founding member of the rap ...

in his solo effort as well as with art exhibition Arts, Beats + Lyrics. He has also performed with rock band

Confrontation Camp Confrontation Camp is an American rap rock group consisting of Kyle Jason and Public Enemy members Chuck D (under the name Mistachuck), Professor Griff and DJ Lord. The group's debut album, '' Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear'', wa ...

and TrillBass. In December 2014 he released his first solo album with 2MP (2 Much Posse) entitled “Eat The Rat” on Spit Digital. DJ Lord was also a member of

Prophets of Rage Prophets of Rage was an American rap rock supergroup. Formed in 2016, the group consisted of three members of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave (bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk), ...

. DJ Lord performed with Cypress Hill on their West Coast High Tour in Portland, Oregon in March 2019, and also performed a solo DJ set there before the other Cypress Hill members came to the stage.

Battle career highlights

* 2004 – DMC U.S. Finalist * 2004 – DMC Cincinnati Regional Heat Champion * 2004 – Numark/Guitar Center Southeast Champion * 2004 – KoolMixx Atlanta Battle Champion * 2003 – KoolMixx Atlanta Battle Champion * 2003 – Breaklanta 3 Battle Champion * 2002 – Breaklanta 1 Battle Champion * 2002 – Pioneer/Promo Only CDJ1000 CD Turntable Champion * 2001 – DMC U.S. Finalist * 2001 – DMC Phoenix Arizona Regional Champion * 2001 – Guitar Center/Stanton Southeast Battle Champion * 2000 – Guitar Center/Vestax Southeast Battle Champion * 2000 – KoolMixx Atlanta Battle Champion Lord Aswod aka Dj Lord-02

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* DJ Lord * Public Enemy American hip hop DJs Musicians from Savannah, Georgia Living people Musicians from Atlanta 1975 births Public Enemy (band) members Prophets of Rage members {{US-DJ-stub